Macron loyalist elected parliamentary speaker in ‘coup’ against the left
THE election of a member of French President Emmanuel Macron’s coalition as Assembly speaker was a “coup,” left-wing lawmakers said on Thursday.
Yael Braun-Pivet from President Macron’s Renaissance party-led coalition was re-elected speaker of the National Assembly, a post she has held since 2022.
After three rounds of voting Ms Braun-Pivet won 220 votes whilst Communist Party deputy Andre Chassaigne, the candidate of the largest group in parliament, the New Popular Front, secured 207 votes.
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